A community cornerstone: Your guide to the oneACTS festival 2014 at the cornerHOUSE

Where else can you see five plays in one night for a bargain price?

The cornerHOUSE community arts centre in Surbiton is the place to be in May as its much-loved original drama festival, oneACTS, rolls into its tenth year. Nine more never-before-seen plays will hit the stage, featuring stalkers, a mischievous mouse and more. The fast-paced pieces squeeze the action into performances of between 15 and 30 minutes.

Journalist Josephine McDermott, who wrote The Temp, says the play was based on time she spent working as a receptionist during her university holidays.
Madeleine Mason, author of “quirky” play Stalkers – where two stalkers find themselves apparently in competition – acted in the festival some years ago.

oneACTS 2014; cornerHOUSE Theatre, Douglas Road, Surbiton; May 12-17, 7.45pm; £8 or £6 concessions; visit thecornerhouse.org.

Monday, May 12, Wednesday 14, Friday 16:

Aunt Julie's Funeral by Tim Harrison
Morning by Jane James
Stalkers by Madeleine Mason
When You're A Boy by Imelda Topping
Sir Gwaine Colombelles by Tim Harrison

Tuesday, May 13, Thursday 15, Saturday 17:

The Temp by Josephine McDermott
Changes by Ian Davies
The Visit by Graham Large
Windmills by Julie Birkett

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